Major telecommunications providers have deployed voice and data cellular networks over most of the inhabited land area of the Earth. This allows mobile phones and mobile computing devices to be connected to the public switched telephone network and public Internet.
It's hard to keep up with the 2Gs and the 4Gs and the XLTEs of the world. This primer will review the basics of mobile phone network technologies. ## Technologies Cellular technology is what mobile phone networks are based on, and it's the technology that gave mobile phones the name "cell phones".
NEW YORK--()--Tillman Infrastructure announced today that William (Bill) Hague, former AT&T Executive Vice President, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the company, effective March 7, 2018. Sanjiv Ahuja, Founder and Chairman of Tillman Global Holdings and the Executive Chairman of Tillman Infrastructure, said, "Bill is an ideal leader to develop Tillman Infrastructure into the leading telecommunications infrastructure provider in the U.S.
Between 2007 and 2012, American Tower's international growth continued with operations in India, Peru, Chile, Colombia, South Africa, Ghana and Uganda. In 2013, American Tower acquired its smaller rival Global Tower Partners for 4.8 billion. This acquisition added sites to their U.S. portfolio and added operations in Costa Rica and Panama.
Crown Castle International Corp. is an American corporation headquartered in Houston, Texas, which provides infrastructure for broadcasting, mobile telephony and wireless broadband including small cell, traditional cell sites, rooftop sites and indoor/outdoor distributed antenna systems. It operates in the United States, including Puerto Rico.
Big cities have the greatest need for cellular capacity, but they can also have the densest neighborhoods and the highest real estate prices. Manhattan, for example, has fewer towers per person than other major metropolitan areas in the United States.